Q: Can I use TopOCR with a scanner?
A: Absolutely! TopOCR will work with any TWAIN compatible scanner.
Under the "File" menu, you will find "Select Source" to choose your scanner,
and "Acquire" to scan an image.
Q: I want to create image "thumbnails" of the highest possible quality,
what should I do?
A: Run the "Image "Binarize" filter from the "Image" menu, then change the Image->Colors... to two, and lastly "Scale" the image to the desired
size, make sure you use the "Antialias" method. You can then
save the image as a "gif" file. This file combines the desired features of optimum
size, ledgibility, and a format that is easily viewable in a web browser.
Q: Can I "Drag and Drop" Image files?
A: Yes you can. Simply drag the image files from your source directory and drop
them onto the image window.
Q: Sometimes I get bad results, or the program crashes, why is that?
A: The most common reason is poor image quality. For example, if you
have a LOT of skew in the page, or a lot of background surrounding the image.
Your results will be greatly improved if you practice taking better quality images.
See our tutorial section for suggestions on how to do this. You can also use the left mouse button to define a region, copy/paste it into the "Image Window" and OCR that, this sometimes produces better results.
Q: What languages can TopOCR read?
A: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish.
Q:Can TopOCR process pages that contains mixed graphics and text?
A: Yes! TopOCR contains a very sophisticated "page parser", that segments the image of a page
into regions of graphics and text, and only processes the text portion.
Q:What image file formats does TopOCR handle?
A:TopOCR supports JPEG, TIFF, GIF and BMP formats, let us know if you need something not currently supported.
Q: How do I define an "Image Region" and what can I do with it?
A: Use the left mouse to select a rectangular region, you can then copy/paste the region into the text window, or into the image window, if you copied
into the image window you can OCR this new image.